Having spent many years as a newspaper photographer, I always enjoy catching up with fellow journalists.

I first met Melissa when she interned at The Charlotte Observer when I was a staff photographer there. Fast forward several years and I'm now working full-time in our photography business and Melissa is a newspaper photojournalist in South Carolina and she's engaged to Dan, a television journalist working in West Virginia.

I was excited to get a chance to work with them and we had a great time doing their engagement photographs. We did some shots in Freedom Park and then moved to The Green uptown for some fun images there.

Looking forward to working with them again at their wedding next year.

Melissa and Dan framed by a Niki de Saint Phalle sculpture in Charlotte